[Python-Dev] Decorator syntax J2 (decorate..def), with implementation (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Tue Aug 17 01:15:48 CEST 2004

Robert Brewer wrote:

Michael Sparks wrote:

As for whether it's the right keyword or not, I'm not sure I'm qualified to say, but decorators seem much more like declarations of function properties in all the use cases I've seen. The proposal, in effect, creates a declarative suite as opposed to the more traditional imperative suite. Perhaps "declare:" would be more appropriate (but give your brain a week to mull it over ;).

I'm still a fan of 'predef:' if a keyword is going to be involved. The only thing I've seen so far that is common to all decorators is that they are predefining things about a 'def' we haven't encountered yet :)

Cheers, Nick.

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